Carrier profile · USDOT 2638571 · MC-919219 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

SPEED FREIGHT INC

90 power unitsavg 4.5 yrNational · 40 statesSTREAMWOOD, IL94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-919219 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksspeedfreightinc.comFMCSA SAFER

Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 8.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 222 vehicle and 301 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

13.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

295 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 23

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
90
Inspections · 24 mo
301
Annualized
≈151 / yr
Coverage
≈1.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

73%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
32%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.03measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
11%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving76 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance21 · 4 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 12 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 2 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 177.817 Other violationOther7 · 0 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

37 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 14, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

30ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
2False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 73% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 16 total · 9 in 24 mo

16
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20256026
20241011
20234014
20211001
20201001
20191001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 24, 2026MO00Yes
Jan 29, 2026NY00Yes
Dec 25, 2025MO01Yes
Jul 20, 2025CA00Yes
Jun 5, 2025MI00Yes
Apr 16, 2025TN00Yes
Mar 17, 2025TX01Yes
Mar 12, 2025IN00Yes
Sep 12, 2024TX01Yes
Aug 13, 2023NM02Yes
Apr 21, 2023ND00Yes
Feb 15, 2023AZ00Yes
Jan 31, 2023OH00Yes
Mar 24, 2021VA00Yes
Oct 6, 2020TX00Yes
Dec 4, 2019NC00Yes